In today’s connected world, knowing how to interact with Bluetooth devices is a valuable skill. Python is a popular and versatile programming language that can help you scan and connect to Bluetooth devices. Using a library called PyBluez, you can easily discover nearby Bluetooth-enabled devices, making it a perfect choice for beginners and advanced programmers. … Read more
I am running AutoGPT on an EC2 instance and encountered the following problem: ⚔️ Challenge: How to pull a file (e.g., an Image) from the EC2 instance to my local machine (Windows, Mac, Linux)? In this quick article, I share my findings! If you’re short on time, you can use these commands to exchange files … Read more
I am currently running AutoGPT, a Python script, on an EC2 server via ssh. When my terminal closes the SSH session, I wondered: Does the Python terminate as well or does it run in the background? Here’s the short answer: When the SSH server closes the session, the active Python script running in the terminal … Read more
Problem Formulation I just tried to run AutoGPT on an EC2 instance using SSH from my local Windows machine. But here’s the annoying part: the connection always closes and AutoGPT can only work in small ~10 minute increments. When I return to my machine, I need to SSH into my instance and restart the program. … Read more
Welcome to part 3 of this series, and thank you for sticking around! I’ve come to realize this might become a rather long series. The main reason for that is that it documents two things. This is the birth of an application and my personal journey in developing that application. I know parts 1 and … Read more
BACKGROUND If you are curious about offensive security or penetration testing (pentesting), setting up your own virtual hacking lab is a good first step towards ensuring that you have a safe and legal way to practice as you train yourself on various ethical hacking tools and applications. Also, as an extra benefit, there are hundreds of … Read more
I work a lot with DNS settings for my websites and apps. Today I added a few new DNS entries to set up a new server. I used DNS propagation checkers and confirmed that the DNS entries were already updated internationally. But unfortunately, I myself couldn’t access the website on my Windows machine behind my … Read more
How I Hacked a Win Server Using Printspoofer CHALLENGE OVERVIEW BACKGROUND This is another blackbox-style CTF challenge. 👉 Recommended: TryHackMe Daily Bugle Made Easy – A Helpful Walkthrough with Hacking Video We go into the pentest without any prior knowledge of our target. We are only provided the IP address and will need to do … Read more
CHALLENGE OVERVIEW BACKGROUND In this Linux capture-the-flag (CTF) challenge we are tasked with hacking into a game review website’s server and finding a way to gain root privileges. Let’s go! IPs ENUMERATION/RECON Let’s kick things off with our standard nmap and dirb scans. We’ll let these run while we go ahead and walk the website … Read more
Backdoors are malicious pieces of software that allow attackers to access computers without authorization and bypass security measures. They can control computers remotely, steal data, and bypass safety protocols. Challenge Overview 👉 Recommended Tutorial: How I Hacked a PW Manager (TryHackMe Overpass 1) PART 1 – FORENSICS Part one of this box can be completed … Read more
Port forwarding is a networking technique that allows a user to access services on a computer or network behind a firewall or router. It opens up specific ports on a computer or network to allow external devices to connect and access services and applications on the internal network. Challenge Overview RECON Let’s start by noting … Read more
Network File System (NFS) is a file-sharing protocol used to allow computers on a network to access and share files over a network. It allows multiple users to access the same files on a remote system as if they were local files on their own computers. NFS is an important part of many enterprise networks, … Read more